In a tragic incident on February 11, 2026, four policemen, including Station House Officer (SHO) Faheem Mumtaz, were martyred in an attack by militants in the Wanda Budh area of Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack occurred as the police party was returning from a search operation based on intelligence reports of militant presence, as reported by Dawn. The police statement noted that the militants ambushed the officers from nearby forests, leading to an exchange of gunfire that resulted in the deaths of the officers and injuries to Deputy Superintendent of Police Hafiz Adnan and Assistant Sub-Inspector Tariq. The Frontier Post highlighted that DSP Adnan, who was injured, had previously been awarded the Sitara-e-Shujaat for bravery by President Asif Ali Zardari.